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JOVIAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or befitting the Roman deity Jupiter

Example:

Jovian wrath

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Jupiter ((Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus)

Derivation:

Jupiter ((Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of or resembling the planet Jupiter

Example:

Jovian satellites

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Jupiter (the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky)

Derivation:

Jupiter (the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky)

Credits

 Context examples: 

This tortured moon is embroiled in a gravitational tug-of-war between Jupiter and other Jovian satellites, causing intense tidal heating within its interior.

(Massive Lava Waves Detected on Solar System’s Most Volcanically Active Object, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft using its Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument point to a new heat source close to the south pole of Io that could indicate a previously undiscovered volcano on the small moon of Jupiter.

(NASA Juno data indicate another possible volcano on Jupiter moon Io, NASA)